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Asteraceae
Omalotheca supina
Omalotheca supina
Also known as Gnaphalium supinum var. fuscum, Omalotheca supina subsp. pusilla, Euchiton decipiens, Gnaphalium filiforme
Native Plants · Alpine · Rock-Garden · Wildflower · Groundcover · Asteraceae · European · Subalpine · Low-Growing · Perennial · Drought-Tolerant
Dwarf cudweed is a low-growing alpine and subalpine perennial that thrives in cool, well-drained, gravelly or sandy soils in full sun to partial shade. It is well suited for rock gardens, alpine troughs, or naturalized mountain landscapes and requires very little intervention once established. Avoid heavy clay soils and overwatering, as good drainage is essential to its health.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow soil to approach dryness between waterings · Every 7-10 days during dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Iran, Iraq
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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